Cardiff City 4-2 Fulham (2018-19 Premier League)

Sat 20 Oct 2018 15:00	Cardiff City	(2) 4-2 (2)	Fulham	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Attendance: 29,681 Referee: Kevin Friend
	Murphy  15' Reid  20' Paterson  65' Harris  87'	Report	Schürrle  11' Sessegnon  34'

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CARDIFF CITY (4-2-3-1) GK 1 Neil Etheridge DR 5 Bruno Manga DC 4 Sean Morrison (c) 68' DC 22 Sol Bamba 78' DL 3 Joe Bennett DM 17 Aron Gunnarsson 33' 77' DM 7 Harry Arter 86' AMR 21 Víctor Camarasa AMC 14 Bobby Reid AML 11 Josh Murphy 82' ST 13 Callum Paterson Substitutes: GK 12 Alex Smithies DF 6 Jazz Richards 77' DF 18 Greg Cunningham MF 20 Loïc Damour 86' MF 23 Kadeem Harris 82' FW 10 Kenneth Zohore FW 33 Junior Hoilett Manager: Neil Warnock

FULHAM (4-3-3) GK 1 Marcus Bettinelli DR 5 Calum Chambers 19' 46' DC 4 Denis Odoi DC 13 Tim Ream DL 20 Maxime Le Marchand MRC 8 Stefan Johansen 45+3' 82' MC 6 Kevin McDonald (c) 36' MLC 24 Jean Michaël Seri 58' FR 14 André Schürrle ST 9 Aleksandar Mitrović FL 3 Ryan Sessegnon Substitutes: GK 25 Sergio Rico DF 22 Cyrus Christie DF 26 Alfie Mawson 46' MF 11 Floyd Ayité 58' MF 29 André Zambo Anguissa FW 19 Luciano Vietto 82' FW 47 Aboubakar Kamara Manager: Slaviša Jokanović

Assistant referees: Matthew Wilkes Derek Eaton Fourth official: Andy Davies Previous Meeting: Cardiff City 2-4 Fulham (2017-18 Championship) (26 Dec 2017) Following Meeting: Fulham 1-0 Cardiff City (2018-19 Premier League) (27 Apr 2019) Trivia Ryan Sessegnon's goal meant he had scored in all of his five past matches against Cardiff City Ryan Sessegnon becomes the first player born in the year 2000 to score a Premier League goal Statistics Cardiff City Fulham Possession 41% 59% Shots on target 5 4 Shots off target 10 3 Shots blocked 7 2 Corner kicks 4 4 Fouls conceded 15 16 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 3 3 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 313 479 Passing success 64% 77% Tackles 12 16 Tackles success 75% 44% Total crosses 22 9 Successful crosses 55% 44% Interceptions 14 6 Clearances 21 32 Images 0-1: André Schürrle scores the opening goal with a fantastic curling effort from 30 yards out to put the Whites ahead 1-1: Almost immediately, Cardiff strike back as Josh Murphy finds himself in acres of space on the left and slots in past Bettinelli 2-1: Bobby Reid scores his first Premier League goal and puts the hosts ahead on 20 minutes when he was left one-on-one in the area after a failure from Fulham to clear their lines 2-2: A good move from Fulham led them back into the match, as Aleksandar Mitrović flicked on a through ball for Ryan Sessegnon who slid the ball over the onrushing Etheridge 3-2: Callum Paterson's scuffed finish rolled into the far corner to send the Bluebirds ahead for the second time in the match in the 65th minute 4-2: The match was well and truly killed off in the 87th minute when substitute Kadeem Harris beat his man Odoi at the far post and finished from close range 2018-19 season Pre-season: Crawley (h) • Reading (n) • Fenerbahçe (n) • Lyon (n) • Sampdoria (n) • Celta Vigo (h) Cup of Traditions - Semi-final: Athletic Bilbao (n) • Final: Fiorentina (n) Additional friendly - ATK (n) Premier League: Crystal Palace (h) • Tottenham (a) • Burnley (h) • Brighton (a) • Man City (a) • Watford (h) • Everton (a) • Arsenal (h) • Cardiff (a) • Bournemouth (h) • Huddersfield (a) • Liverpool (a) • Southampton (h) • Chelsea (a) • Leicester (h) • Man Utd (a) • West Ham (h) • Newcastle (a) • Wolves (h) • Huddersfield (h) • Arsenal (a) • Burnley (a) • Tottenham (h) • Brighton (h) • Crystal Palace (a) • Man Utd (h) • West Ham (a) • Southampton (a) • Chelsea (h) • Leicester (a) • Liverpool (h) • Man City (h) • Watford (a) • Everton (h) • Bournemouth (a) • Cardiff (h) • Wolves (a) • Newcastle (h) EFL Cup: 2nd round: Exeter (h) • 3rd round: Millwall (a) • 4th round: Man City (a) FA Cup: 3rd round: Oldham (h)